National Foster Care Month, 2020

Published date05 May 2020
Citation85 FR 26823
Record Number2020-09736
SectionPresidential Documents
CourtExecutive Office Of The President
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 87 (Tuesday, May 5, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 5, 2020)]
                [Presidential Documents]
                [Pages 26823-26824]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-09736]
                [[Page 26821]]
                Vol. 85
                Tuesday,
                No. 87
                May 5, 2020
                Part III
                The President
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                Proclamation 10019--National Foster Care Month, 2020
                Proclamation 10020--National Mental Health Awareness Month, 2020
                Proclamation 10021--National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, 2020
                Proclamation 10022--Older Americans Month, 2020
                Proclamation 10023--Loyalty Day, 2020
                 Presidential Documents
                Federal Register / Vol. 85 , No. 87 / Tuesday, May 5, 2020 /
                Presidential Documents
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                Title 3--
                The President
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                 Proclamation 10019 of April 30, 2020
                
                National Foster Care Month, 2020
                 By the President of the United States of America
                 A Proclamation
                 Families are the foundation of our communities and our
                 country. All children deserve a stable, supportive, and
                 loving home in which to grow, thrive, and realize their
                 full potential. During National Foster Care Month, we
                 honor the selfless men and women who open their homes
                 to nurture at-risk children and promote healing,
                 unification, and family-based empowerment.
                 Foster care plays a critical role in providing young
                 people who have had to be removed from their homes a
                 critical place of refuge. It is an invaluable resource
                 for keeping children safe in temporary circumstances
                 and providing stability, direction, and comfort to our
                 Nation's most vulnerable sons and daughters. The
                 dedicated individuals, families, professionals, and
                 faith-based and community organizations who support
                 children in foster care help maintain essential parent-
                 child relationships and support parents working to
                 regain custody of their children.
                 A focus of my Administration has been to keep families
                 together by working to prevent the situations that
                 necessitate children being removed from their homes. In
                 2018, I enacted the Family First Prevention Services
                 Act to enhance the ability of American families to keep
                 their children safe at home whenever possible. It
                 provides funding for community-based treatment and
                 intervention services that have been proven to curtail
                 abuse and neglect and to help families address the
                 issues that might require separation. These services
                 include access to skills-based parenting classes,
                 family counseling, mental health therapy, and treatment
                 for substance abuse and addiction. In addition, this
                 legislation encourages States to place children with
                 families rather than in group homes, which can minimize
                 the risk of additional trauma. Last year, I signed into
                 law legislation to encourage States to fully implement
                 the Family First Prevention Services Act as quickly as
                 feasible in order to connect families with appropriate
                 resources and transition to a more proactive and
                 prevention-based system.
                 In cases where intervention becomes necessary, it is
                 important to place children in the best position to
                 maintain their family, school, and other social
                 connections. It is also critical that older youth in
                 foster care establish permanent bonds with a family
                 member or caring adult before they exit the system and
                 enter adulthood. For these reasons, my Administration
                 is funding programs to provide in-family caregivers
                 with the services and support they need to succeed. In
                 partnership with the States, we are promoting more
                 family-friendly options that reduce additional trauma
                 to the children who must enter foster care.
                 This month, we encourage all Americans to invest in the
                 lives of children and to provide them with
                 unconditional love, support, guidance, and every
                 available resource to ensure their health and well-
                 being. We acknowledge with gratitude the selfless
                 citizens who open their hearts and homes to children in
                 need and the organizations that tirelessly support
                 foster and kinship caregivers. Together, they are
                 giving hope and the promise of a better tomorrow to
                 countless children and families.
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                 NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
                 United States of America, by virtue of the authority
                 vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
                 United States, do hereby proclaim May 2020 as National
                 Foster Care Month. I call upon all Americans to observe
                 this month by taking time to help children and youth in
                 foster care, and to recognize the commitment of those
                 who touch their lives, particularly celebrating their
                 foster parents and other caregivers.
                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
                 thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two
                 thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United
                 States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
                
                
                 (Presidential Sig.)
                [FR Doc. 2020-09736
                Filed 5-4-20; 11:15 am]
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